Agricultural economic reforms, gender inequality and poverty in Senegal

Hélène Maisonnave and Pierre Nziengui Mamboundou
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Pierre Nziengui Mamboundou: EDEHN - Equipe d'Economie Le Havre Normandie - ULH - Université Le Havre Normandie - NU - Normandie Université

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Abstract: In Senegal, as in many developing countries, the agricultural sector plays a key role in the economy. In addition to supplying food, agriculture is the most important source of employment, especially for women. Through the Plan for an Emerging Senegal (PES), the Senegalese government is implementing an ambitious financing plan to improve the productivity of the agricultural sector and enhance employment opportunities for women. Our study assesses the impact of two PES measures (investment subsidies and an increase in production subsidies for the agricultural sectors) on economic growth, women's employment, poverty and inequality using a dynamic computable general equilibrium model linked to a microsimulation model. The results show that both policies have generally positive effects in reducing poverty and gender inequalities. However, investment subsidies in the agricultural sectors have stronger impacts in reducing gender inequality and poverty in the long term.

Keywords: gender; poverty; public policies; agriculture; dynamic CGEM; Senegal (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022-03-29
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Published in Journal of Policy Modeling, 2022, ⟨10.1016/j.jpolmod.2022.03.006⟩

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DOI: 10.1016/j.jpolmod.2022.03.006

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